Believe it or not, there is an efficient and safe way to store frozen food so that it all stays hygienically safe and promotes the best running of your freezer.
- Top drawer – Ice cream, baked goods, frozen fruit, prepared foods
- Middle drawer – vegetables, chips, soups etc.
- Bottom drawer – Meat, fish and poultry
Other top tips include
- Ice cream – store ice cream at the back of the freezer where possible
- Soups etc. – store soups and sauces flat in clear freezer bags to save space
- Order your freezer – sticking to a type of food in each shelf will make things easier to find and prevent long periods with the door open
- Fill it up – but not too much, freezers are at their most efficient when they’re full of food but still have room for the air to circulate, around 75% full is best.
- Rotate, rotate, rotate – always put newer foods to the back or the bottom of a pile, use the older ones first, they’ll still be perfectly safe but it’s always better to use up older food first
- Keep a list – make sure you know what’s in your freezer so you don’t end up with 10 bags of frozen peas – although you can never have too many peas!
